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SEC FORM 3 SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

RICHARDSON R MICHAEL

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

C/O NORDSTROM, INC.

1617 SIXTH AVENUE

(Street)

SEATTLE

98101

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
11/17/2011

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
NORDSTROM INC [ JWN ]

4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
Executive Vice President - CIO

5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock	21,981	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	⁽¹⁾	02/25/2014	Common Stock	12,884	19.56	D
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	⁽²⁾	02/23/2015	Common Stock	15,008	26.01	D
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	⁽³⁾	02/22/2016	Common Stock	11,307	40.27	D
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	⁽⁴⁾	03/01/2017	Common Stock	9,591	53.63	D
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	⁽⁵⁾	02/27/2018	Common Stock	12,925	38.02	D
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	⁽⁶⁾	02/27/2019	Common Stock	29,478	13.47	D
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	⁽⁷⁾	02/26/2020	Common Stock	14,521	36.94	D
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	⁽⁸⁾	02/25/2021	Common Stock	14,406	45.49	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. The option vested and became exercisable in four equal annual installments commencing 2/25/2005

2. The option vested and became exercisable in four equal annual installments commencing 2/23/2006

3. The option vested and became exercisable in four equal annual installments commencing 2/22/2007

4. The option vested and became exercisable in four equal annual installments commencing 3/01/2008

5. Exercisable in four equal annual installments commencing 2/28/2009

6. Exercisable in four equal annual installments commencing 2/27/2010

7. Exercisable in four equal annual installments commencing 2/26/2011

8. Exercisable in four equal annual installments commencing 2/25/2012

Remarks:

	/s/ Paula McGee, Attorney-in-Fact for R. Michael Richardson	11/28/2011
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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Power of Attorney



The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of (i) the

Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary (currently

Robert B. Sari), an officer of Nordstorm, Inc. and (ii) the Corporate

Paralegal (currently Paula McGee),an employee of Nordstrom, Inc.,

signing singly, the undersigned's true and and lawful attorney-in-fact

to:



 (1)  execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the

undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of Nordstrom,

Inc. the "Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5 and Form ID in accordance

with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the

rules thereunder;



 (2)  do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf

of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete

and execute such Forms 3, 4 and 5 and Form ID, and any amendment

or amendments thereto, and timely file such forms with the United

States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange

or similar authority; and



 (3)  take any other action of any type whatsoever in

connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such

attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or

legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the

documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the

undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form

and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact

may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.





The undersigned hereby grants to such attorneys-in-fact full

power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing

whatsoever requisite, necessary or proper to be done in the exercise

of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents

and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally

present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying

and confirming all that each such attorney-in-fact, or such attorneys-in-

facts'substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done

by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein

granted.



The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact,

in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not

assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's

responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange

Act of 1934.  The undersigned agrees to hold harmless the Company

and the foregoing attorneys-in-fact for the performance of the

foregoing actions in the exercise of any rights and powers herein

granted.



This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until

the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with

respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities

issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a

signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power

of Attorney to be executed as of this 28th day of November, 2011.



/s/

Signature



__________________________________________

R. Michael Richardson